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‘I do it every day because it’s helping somebody else’: Amanda Curran on being a meteorologist

‘I do it every day because it’s helping somebody else’: Amanda Curran on being a meteorologist

  AUM Audio · WSFA's Weather journalist Amanda Curran is interviewed by AUM student Seth Murdick By: Seth Murdick MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Award-winning WSFA 12 News meteorologist Amanda Curran sat down for an interview on Sept. 18 inside WSFA 12’s station to discuss her time as a weather forecaster, including the challenges of working in an extreme weather-prone state like Alabama and changes within the world of meteorology, such as artificial intelligence and how it could affect broadcast meteorology.  Before Curran made Alabama her second home and joined WSFA over a decade ago in 2014, she grew up in the northeast area of Litchfield,…
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For the love of the game: How Stephen Gunter went from reading stats to reporting stats

For the love of the game: How Stephen Gunter went from reading stats to reporting stats

Stephen Gunter filming warmups of an exhibition basketball game between AUM and Auburn at Neville Arena at Auburn.  By: Patrick Eiland AUM Audio · AUM multimedia specialist Stephen Gunter is interviewed by Patrick Eiland about his reporting days MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The late great Marvel Comics editor and publisher Stan Lee loved his job and once said, “If you do what you really want to do, you feel like you're playing." Everyone has their own passions and sometimes they take us places we could never imagine. Stephen Gunter working in his office in the Auburn University at Montgomery Ida Belle Younge…
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How one WSFA marketing producer is on a path of growth and creative fulfillment

How one WSFA marketing producer is on a path of growth and creative fulfillment

WSFA studio is shown where anchors deliver the news for the people of Montgomery and the surrounding area. (Photo taken by Devin Vaughn) By: Devin Vaughn “It’s important to know what draws eyes and ears and what people find appealing.” - Timothy Skipper, WSFA-12 Timothy Skipper smiles as he leans on a rail on Wednesday morning Sept. 17 for a photo after his interview. (Photo takn by Devin Vaughn) MONTGOMERY, Ala. – “That was a really fulfilling experience,” I thought to myself as I took the elevator down from WSFA’s news floor located in the RSA building downtown. Earlier, I’d had…
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